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"A Queens-based bagelry will expand with its third location this spring at 26-11 Jackson Avenue, near 44th Drive. Co-partner Jesse Spellman tells Eater that the 3,600-square-foot space will have seating and an open oven room; the menu will be the same — traditional to fun bagels plus all sorts of cream cheeses, alongside deli-style salads, lox, and more. After expanding into Manhattan in June 2024, the team wanted to refocus on its home borough for a third location, “just because that’s where our roots are,” he says. The original Whitestone Queens bagel shop opened in 1981." - Nadia Chaudhury